Re: [WiX-users] Per-Machine and Per-User installs on XP/Vista/7 in the same MSI

2011-11-10 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884016 -Original Message- From: Sean Leonard [mailto:lists+sourcefo...@seantek.com] Sent: 09 November 2011 23:11 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Per-Machine and Per-User installs on XP/Vista/7 in the same MSI Thanks Palbinder. Wha

Re: [WiX-users] Per-Machine and Per-User installs on XP/Vista/7 in the same MSI

2011-11-09 Thread Sean Leonard
Thanks Palbinder. What are the consequences of targeting earlier vs. later versions of Windows Installer, other than if you specify a greater number than the Windows Installer version, earlier versions won't load it? The software itself supports Windows 2000-Windows 7, which is why we target 2

Re: [WiX-users] Per-Machine and Per-User installs on XP/Vista/7 in the same MSI

2011-11-09 Thread Pally Sandher
First you need to target Windows Installer 4.0 (or later which means 4.5 on pre-Vista platforms) if you want to make a single package which can do per-user & per-machine installations. This will involve bootstrapping the 4.5 redistributable for pre-Vista SP2 platforms. The code you pasted shows